yup for almost 6 months. We ditched the swaddle first, then transitioned to the crib. No problems with either
Ditto this for first kid, second kid it was the same but at 5 months. We tried earlier with kid 1 but she stopped STTN when she was in the crib and so back in the RNP she went.
Post by timorousbeastie on Dec 1, 2014 20:52:20 GMT -5
DD slept in it for night and naps from birth until 3.5 months, when she figured out how to roll over in it while swaddled in the middle of the night. We ditched the swaddle and moved her to the crib that night. The first night was baaaaaaad. Really bad. The second night wasn't great, but not awful. I think by the third night she was back to STTN. (Of course, we then had only a week or so until the god awful 4 month wakeful started, but at least I had one week of good sleep in there!)
Post by Velar Fricative on Dec 1, 2014 20:56:03 GMT -5
We used the flat RNP bassinet, not the inclined one. And yet, the crib transition at 4.5 months was still terrible. So I would just stick with whatever works until it doesn't.
About 5 months. We tried transitioning earlier and it was awful, so we kept her in the RNP. At 5 months she seemed to be ready for more space and transitioned easily.
DD was in a crib for the first few months, but then she got super congested when she started daycare and slept better in the RNP. She was there until 5-6 months because she slept for much longer stretches in the RNP (like, 4 hour stretches in the RNP vs 1.5 in a crib...she has never been a good sleeper), so it was seriously a survival thing for me. The transition to the crib was not smooth, but she didn't STTN until she was 2 despite trying to sleep train, so I don't think the RNP had any longterm effects on her sleep habits.
We used the RNP for the first 2 or 3 months. We also tried the RNP bassinet (the flat kind that Velar Fricative mentioned), but DD would have none of that in the colic days. She was colicky and had reflux, so I think the incline/coziness of the RNP really helped. Somewhere around 3 months, we put her in the crib with a towel under one side of the mattress to create a slight incline and that was that. I guess we got lucky with the transition.
I'm glad to hear about all these smooth transitions. DS naps in his crib (for 45 minutes max) but sleeps great at night in the RNP. We are planning to transition a week from now (at three months) because we are traveling later this month and won't be able to bring the RNP.
DD started out sleeping in the swing until it died around 4 months. Then we switched to the RnP until about 6 or 7 months. She slept in it swaddled and we transitioned to the crib and then transitioned out of the swaddle. I don't remember it being that bad but she has never slept well so it all just blends together, lol.
Post by statlerwaldorf on Dec 2, 2014 0:24:39 GMT -5
DS is 4 months old and still sleeps in it. We have a two bedroom house and I planned, so I plan on keeping him in it for another couple of months until we move unless he starts sleeping through the night. I have his crib set up in dd's room, but I don't want him walking her up.
Not regularly, but if we had a bad night, I would use it. He slept so well in there!
G recently rolled onto his side in it, so I worry about letting in sleep in there unsupervised. :/ But he's always transitioned back to his crib with no issues when we used it more regularly overnight.
DD was in the RNP until about 3.5 months. We started the crib for naps around 10 weeks, and then I rolled a towel in an upside down u shape under the crib sheet to make the transition to the crib overnight.
Would she lay on it or was this more of a halo around her head? Mine hate to lay flat so I think we need to do something like this.
We use it as a halo around her head. She seemed to like having something there, I guess for comfort. We did put a small pillow under the mattress at first, but she didn't need the incline as much as I thought.